Machine for moving boulders, &amp;c.



No. 698,253. Pa tented Apr. 22,1902.

P..BOUi-fBY.' MACHINE FOR MOVING BUULDERS, &c.

(Application filed Fab. 4, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI EQJ 'PIERRE. BOUERY, or WEAVERVILLE, CALIFORNIA-Q]: I

MIAC-HIVNE FOR MOVING BO'ULDERS, a

srEcrrreATIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 698,253, dated April 22,1902; Application filed I'ebruar'y h 1901. Seria1 No.4=5 805. (No model.) I q To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that LPIERRE .BOUERY, residing at the La Grange Mine, Weaverville, in Trinity county, State of California, (Whose post-office address is Weaver'ville, in said county and State,) have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines or Appliances for Moving Rocks and Boulders and other Heavy Substances, which improvement and invention are fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings,

- in which' Figure 1 is a side view of themachine, im-" plement, or appliance constituting my said" improvement and invention. Fig. 2 is a top' view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a front or forward end view of the arms or claws which are a part of the same.

The object of my said improvement and invention is to furnish a device by which to more easily, cheaply, and expeditiously move large rocks,boulders, and other heavy compact sub stances, and in that behalf and to that end more perfectly and completely apply the prin- 'ciples of leverage, and thereby obtain the greatest possible mechanical power in the simplest and least expensive form. My device consists of a shaft or handle-bar A, having claws or arms B B firmly fixed and attached at right angles to its forward end and extending andlcurving downward and forward to their-lower extremities and forking or diverging from eachother from the point where they are joined to the handlebar. The forward surface of the claws arep-rovided with upturned'ratchet-teeth O C,

and at the point where they join the handlebar is a spike extending an inch or two forward in a line with thehandle bar, which teeth and spike are intended to enable the device toobtain a firmer hold or grip upon the object to be moved and to preventit from slipping. At the forward end of the device i and on the upper side thereofis fixed a hook 45 of I these parts are not essential -elements of the device or'machine. a

The machine or device or implement is op- 'erated and used by the operatorplacing'the a j the object to be mOVedonthelside thereof 4 opposite to the direction in which it is tobe forward surface of the claws or armsagainst moved and with the lower ends of the claws or arms as far down and undersuch object as orator at the same time holding firmly the otherorback end of the handle-bar and guiding the same and when required slightly de- 1 pressing or laterally moving the same, 'so as, Y

to apply the leverage and shift the fulcruml to such point along the claws as the exigency' of the operation may necessitate,and in this manner loosening or liberating and moving the boulder or other object. 7 a

In the drawings, A is'the shaft or handle bar. p v i BB are the arms or claws, which are made of sufficient strength to perform the service for which they are designed and may be two, or more in number and are shaped like hu-,

man fingers when the hand is open and the if fingers spread far apart and-slightly curved inwardly. r

, 0 O are the ratchet-teeth on the forward surfaces of the claws.

device.

D is the are form d of at a E is the hook on the upper portion of theforward end of the machine to which is to be I attached the tractionapparatus. Y

FF F are bands or clamps by which the arms or claws are attached and bolted to the shaft or handle-bar.

G G are braces to add to the strength of the machine. p

H is a hook atthe rear end of the handle bar for hanging up the'ma'chine when not in use 5 but it is not a neeessary part ofithe machine...

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The combination of the shaft or handlesurfaces and spike D, and hook E, for the bar A and arms or claws B B with upturned uses and purposes of moving rocks, boulders IO ratchet-teeth O O O on their forward surand other heavy compact substances, subfaces, and spike D, and'hook E, all substanstantially as shown and described.

5 tially as shown and described. P. BOUERY.

2. The form and combination of the shaft or Witnesses handle-bar A and arms or claws B B with up- E. J. BENTON, turned ratchet-teeth C C C on their forward D. H. EDWARDS. 

